Individual Psychotherapy:
I work with people from the teen years through the end of life.

My particular
interests include:

Teenagers and
young adults who are trying to establish a life apart from the
expectations of family, friends and the culture at large. This is a
fertile and fruitful time to address childhood experiences which may
be blocking the way forward.

Mid-life adults
whose lives are often complicated, messy, stressful and challenging.
I help them to understand their own priorities and provide simple
tools to relieve stress, giving them the perspective they need to
reflect on their changing needs and make more life affirming choices.

Adults who've
lost a loved one through death, or who are struggling with other
significant losses. Together, we find ways to honor their loved one,
or their loss, and construct a future that incorporates aspects of
this loss that are important to them.

Also:
depression, anxiety, spiritual issues, life
transitions

Couples Counseling:
I work with married, unmarried and pre-married couples; gay,
lesbian and straight couples; dating and wondering about commitment
couples, parents and children, brothers and sisters, friend and
friend: in fact, any two people who want to improve their
relationship.

My particular
interests include:

Couples in the
first 7 years of a committed relationship whose differences are
beginning to threaten the vision they hold for their relationship.

Couples in
which one partner is facing a terminal diagnosis.

Couples facing
a significant life change, like the birth of a child, and who want to
prepare as well as they can for the effects of this change on their
relationship.

Consulting with
couples for short periods over the length of their relationship:
Problems are always easier to deal with before they become
entrenched, and if that is true for individuals, it is more than
triply true for couples. Seek a consultation early, do a short round
of therapy, and see how much your relationship is enriched. Come
back for refreshers when problems threaten to reappear, rather than
waiting until things are so bad you're worried about whether you'll
stay together. In the long run, you will spend more time really
enjoying your relationship - and you'll spend less money! - than
if you wait until you absolutely, absolutely have to go. And therapy
is much, much cheaper than divorce!

Workshops
I love to give workshops!

I am happy to prepare a workshop or
special presentation of from 1 ? 3 hours around a particular issue
or for a specific group. Current workshops include:

What is all
this stuff about Mindfulness?: An Introductory Workshop

Living Free:
Letting go of Resentment

Women on Fire:
Navigating the Mid-Life Passage

The Importance
of Self-Care

Coming soon:

The Power of
Acceptance

Journeying
Light: Letting Go of the Past and Giving Yourself a Fresh Start

Workshops
Presented at Phillips' Graduate Institute:

Is it Me or My
Problem?: An Introduction to Narrative Therapy

Family
Violence: Working with Partners

Family
Violence: Working with Parents

Adolescent
Girls and Their Intimate Relationships: Balancing Intimacy and
Identity